You can meet this officer. Did it for N3500 last week under 30 mins.

yimiton:
My people, pleas I'm in Alagbon and the guy that is attending to me said it's now N8,500. I feel like I'm being swindled. He's not taking me to any other office. Insists he's the officer-in-charge and there's no information anywhere.

Has it actually been increased from N5000 to N8500?

Congrats man!

Now, God has blessed your hustle.

Best of luck to expectant applicants!!!

40manlappy:
Guys, it's PPR!! Be right back...

Cheering news!
It can even get to a point where PPR shows just one month after "Medicals passed"

Bimpsy99:
Congrats to all the PPR recipients The rain is here

You can add a margin of 8 to 10% of the total funds and use oanda.com as reference for the rates.

ebho:
Good Afternoon House.

Please I know this has been answered somewhere in this forum but I cannot find it.We are about submitting eAPR form but I am not okay with the disturbing fluctuation in exchange rate. How is this done, we are a family of 4 already has the POF ready but the exchange rate eats into the POF.
When I submit the form how is the POF estimated.

Yes, that would suffice as they will still confirm the authenticity of your documents from the school.

Rudy007:
Any akokite in the house, please ow do I go abt my transcript in unilag?? And is it advisable to send my certificate and oda documents to WES through fax

So I checked xe.com now and 12164CAD = 9044USD.

Just to be sure, is one to multiply 9044 by CBN rate or parallel market rate? Important question please.

40manlappy:



@Ambidextrause You can be sure that IRCC won't reckon with parallel rate. You may also wish to try xe dot com

Nice one.

I have a question, considering the LICO of 12,164CAD for instance, what did you use as the conversion rate for Naira? I know of oanda.com but someone also mentioned Abokifx rate which is quite high, being parallel market rate.

Please advise , house .

ITABABE:
Hello people, so finally submitted and got AOR same day. Now the wait begins

If the next draw is less than 417 and it's even just a day before your birthday, you are fine.

dannio:
l am on 417 by next month-birthday,l will drop by 5 points.Hmmm l need some fresh insight on handling this.

Hello,

Blood and urine, chest x ray, general physical check, eyesight, height, weight, bp, hiv, syphilis and some places do hepatitis too.

calalili2018:
Hello
Please,
I know somebody that wants to do upfront medicals for Express Entry. Please what are things that are going to be tested? Thank you

I don't think this is true.

House, please speak to this.

Adiahabasi:
You can't use the soft copy from WES,its not stamped and has copy written on it

Your head is there!
Any samples of the sales deed? Format of life.

Beem4cupid:
IMO, the acceptance of gift deed depends on the VO,
unfortunately they have exclusive right to do that except you challenge the refusal.
Secondly, we also need to make the gift deed legit too. If you have less than 3years work experience and you use gift deed for total POF, it can be understood but mehn! You have got a whooping 7 years experience yet you don't have personal funds in your account or even investment to liquidate to serve as POF for atleast 40% of the LICO? E get as e be..... Some grouchy VO might unfortunately capitalise on this.
In my opinion,if you get car,abeg present your car documents which bears your name and a sales deed( even though u no go sell car oo) -and have the funds transferred to your account, then you can use gift deed to sort the rest.
The head wey Taiwo get different from Kehinde. Some pple might have gotten tru with gift deed but what of it no longer holds water especially with the way dem dey dish out ITA, try not to give VO to allow the winch for your village to play snooker on his head.

Nice. Seems you both have the magic for the Listening having scored 8.5. What's the secret oooo

toyinakande:
Just saw our IELTS results.

Boo LRSW 8.5, 8, 8, 7.5
Mine LRSW 8.5, 7.5, 7, 7.5

Score after calculation 472!

But what happens when IQAS or WES intends to verify - which they obviously do?

They will send photocopies of the scanned documents you faxed to them back to your school via mail. Now, speed of delivery is another matter. How fast will it return to them is another factor. And I don't think your school in Nigeria will post to them - the verification - free of charge.

40manlappy:


You don't need to spend money on courier. Just register on hellofax.com and send the scanned copies of your documents to IQAS via the medium. They will acknowledge your application in a few days.

Sequence: Apply online and pay for the ECA request, print and sign the ECA request form, print the "Request for Academic Records" which you will submit at your institution while applying for your transcript.

Today's draws just confirmed your prediction.

boldinc:
The highest you will get is 441 if single and up to 443 if married.

With the current trend, you will mostly like get ITA in the next 1 or 2 draws...

Nice one there.

You said you only sent your transcript/degree to WES directly.

I just wanted to know how long it took to get their final feedback. Plus, did you pay 234 CAD as obtainable on their site?

behati:
Good day house, been a silent reader but hope to participate from now. I just got ITA and will be sharing my timelines below.

ECA- Nov. 2016: this was very fast as I submitted scanned copies of transcript and degree certificates, paid international courier fee to have WES send verification letter to my school via courier. Had someone who assisted with the verification in less than 5 days of the school receiving it. Everything took about one month.
IELTS: Jan 7th, collected result Jan 20. LSWR: 8.5, 7.5, 8,8.
EE pool: Created two profile on 21 Jan. I claimed 3 years experience in one and two years in the other as I have only completed two years in my current place of work, however, I have one year experience from a different company.
CRS scores: 474 and 449 respectively.
ITA: received on both profile on 8 Feb 2017. However, I accepted the profile with 449 as it may be difficult getting reference from my former employer.

I've been gathering all documents, and POF is basically the outstanding item. My sister will be transferring the money to me and I will appreciate if anyone can give me a sample gift deed.

Thanks

I guess from your explanation below, one must have gotten a feedback from WES on one's ECA before starting an application in the first place.

bigheadday:



@Boldinc... Please I will like to have a phone conversation with you if you won't mind. Or better still a chat on Whatsapp. Please! Thanks

Thank you.

Wish you all the best too.

SlowlybtSurely:


Only if that certification is ACCA, as that is the only one i've seen that was favorably assessed.

Yes, it must be sent to one of those evaluating bodies (WES or IQAS)

Thanks a lot!

boldinc:
The highest you will get is 441 if single and up to 443 if married.

With the current trend, you will mostly like get ITA in the next 1 or 2 draws...

Your feedback is duly appreciated.

Using the tool now, and choosing the option of "Two or more certificates, diplomas, degrees... " shoots the score from 441 to 474!

Now the question is, can a BSc plus a certification be used here? Must it (the certificate) be sent to WES too?

Thanks again.

SlowlybtSurely:


I think the highest will be around 441. I'm not sure.

You can check with this link http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp

Congratulations to the successful applicants. This bodes well for the prospective applicants.

One thing I have noticed, upon reading the posts of successful applicants, is that without an MSc, it's almost impossible to get up to 450 in the CRS, even when you are under 30years, with very good IELTS score, 3 years working experience, but with just a BSc.

Please, let the experts here advise.

Cc: @vcole, @boldinc, @esosa4real, @slowlybtsurely

Replied to your email. Please check.

wiljen120:



Sure you can share it with me but I don't know how pm works on nairaland

Replied to your email. Please check.

Ambidextrause:
Not a problem.

You should receive an email stating that "Ambidextrause would like to send you a message"

When you reply to that email, we can then have a session.

Congratulations!

What was your highest educational qualification tendered?

vcole:
Thanks everyone. I truly appreciate your support, advise, recommendations and all through this journey and wish everyone a speedy app process.

I submitted my app on Nov 6, 2016. Details of my prep- eca, ielts, EE pool entry, ITA, etc etc can be found in my previous posts, you can click on my moniker and read old posts for more info.

Timeline:
FSW-EE, NOC 3112, CRS 482.
EE profile created: Oct 14th 2016
ITA: Oct 19th 2016
eAPR submitted: 6th Nov 2016
AOR: 7th Nov 2016
Medicals passed: 8th Nov 2016
BG NN>>IP : 30th Dec 2016
GCMS notes requested January 11th, issued on 21st January and received on February 2nd. Its 129 pages of lots of very confusing info and I had to google a lot and ask people who had gone through the process before to try to explain. The short summary is that it showed my app had moved from central office in ottawa to Accra on 8th Nov and from Accra to London VO in Dec, and as at 30th Dec, it showed eligibility: passed, criminality:passed, medicals:passed and final:approved and the last notes made by a VO same date was "appears RFV"
I was very worried as to why I had not received PPR when app was supposedly approved since Dec but was encouraged by "forerunners" lol! to just wait and expect ppr soon and they were spot on.

@esosa4real, i have been receiving your pms and i have been responding, maybe you should check your junk or spam? @boldinc, I also responded to yours.

I have also received a couple of pms from newbies to the thread, I didn't reply because I am more than happy to respond to all your questions on this thread as that way, it yields maximum benefit. You are able to get responses from several persons and it also benefits current and future readers. This thread would be dead if we all opted to pm when we just joined instead of discussing on the thread. So, kindly ask your questions on the thread.

This is what I saw online.

boldinc:
If I remember correctly, It was a little over 250 USD. Used my Bank of America visa card to pay.

But i guess you can find out on their website.

Not a problem.

You should receive an email stating that "Ambidextrause would like to send you a message"

When you reply to that email, we can then have a session.

wiljen120:



Sure you can share it with me but I don't know how pm works on nairaland

Hi Willen,

Can I share an email Concordia sent me with you?

Need to ask you a couple of questions.

wiljen120:


I got an offer into the same program for winter 2017, they required proof of English proficiency for Nigerians. Also, I submitted my test score after the application deadline. However, submitting your test score after the application deadline would definitely slow down your application because the offer for admission comes almost two months after submitting all the required documents.

Thank you

That's about 228 USD! Wow!

Don't want to try convert to Naira. Lol

boldinc:
I can't remember... A little over 300 tho.

Yes, Concordia requires your proof of English proficiency.

Eddysmart:
First, I will love to find out if concordia university, Montreal, requires proof of English proficiency for Nigerians to study Info systems sec. If yes can I do that after the application deadline or after the admission?

Hello Boldinc,

How much CAD did you pay in total?

boldinc:
I used WES and got everything done not more than a month...

Hello guys,

Kindly confirm the current cost of WES ECA.

Saw online that it's about 233CAD now.